iFixit cracks open Google’s Tango Tablet for a better look

The folks over at iFixit are at it again, this time taking apart a Project Tango tablet to better get a look at the goodies inside. For those that don’t know much about it, the Tango tablet is the second Google Tango device, which is essentially a special phone/tablet platform that can create a 3D model of the world around it, making it aware of its position and allowing for some potentially awesome use cases including space robotics, gaming and the list goes on.

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We already know a bit about the Tango tablet’s specs thanks to Google, such as the fact it is powered by an Nvidia Tegra K1 CPU with 4GB RAM. Other specs include 128GB storage, a 1080p display, motion-tracking cams, LTE, integrated depth sending tech, USB 3.0, micro-HDMI and Android 4.4. KitKat.

So what new details does the tear down reveal? For one thing, we now know a bit more about the motion-tracking cams involved. There’s an 120-degree front facing camera, and on the back there’s an 170-degree motion tracking camera and a 4MP RGP-IR cam. The tear down also reveals an STMicroelectronics STM32L151QHD ultra-low-power ARM Cortex-M3 MCU, which Google officially notes is used as a sensor hub for “accurate time-stamping of camera captures”.

That’s some of the bigger hitters, though you can certainly visit iFixIt for a full look at the tear down. As for the repairability score? While the Tango phone scored 9, the tablet isn’t so easy to self-repair with a score of just 4. On the positive side, the iFixit teams mentioned the tablet feels more polished than the phone, so we suppose that could prove to be a worthy trade-off.

What do you think of Project Tango, looking forward to more consumer-friendly iterations in the near future or do you feel that the motion sensing is more gimmick than genuinely useful?